Kennedys appoints new insurance partner in Sydney
08 November 2021
Law firm Kennedys has appointed insurance and commercial litigation specialist Alexandra Bartlett as a partner in its insurance group in Sydney...
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Outgoing NIBA CEO honoured after a decade's service
01 November 2021
Tributes flowed in as Dallas "Tex" Booth departed the National Insurance Brokers Association last week...
NIBA presents 2021 awards
01 November 2021
Crucial Insurance & Risk Advisors MD Tony Venning, Integral Insurance Services Senior Broking Executive Mitchell Wight, Liberty Specialty Markets, NTI and AEI Insurance Brokers MD Tim Wedlock have all won 2021 National Insurance Brokers Association awards...
Marsh named 2021 Large Broking Company
01 November 2021
Marsh has been crowned Large Broking Company of the Year at this year’s Australian Insurance Industry Awards, while Hollard took out both Large General Insurance Company and Excellence in Workplace Diversity and Inclusion...
Swiss Re underwriter, Axa claims specialist win APIG awards
01 November 2021
Swiss Re Senior Underwriter FinPro Lucinda Conlon and Axa Senior Claims Specialist International Financial Lines Raymond Loh have won this year’s Australasian Professional Indemnity Group awards...
SCA names Chris Duggan president
01 November 2021
Strata Community Association has named Chris Duggan as national President, while Joshua Baldwin will take up the Vice President position...
Zurich renews mental health support partnership
01 November 2021
Zurich Financial Services and its OnePath Life business have renewed their 12-month partnership with Mr Perfect, a grassroots men’s mental wellbeing support network that encourages conversations and connections through informal BBQs...
Crowds gather once more for CQIB convention
25 October 2021
The Council of Queensland Insurance Brokers annual convention has attracted 380 industry professionals and 41 exhibitors after COVID-19 restrictions led to the rescheduling of the in-person event...
QBE introduces inclusive pregnancy loss support
25 October 2021
QBE has announced new support measures for staff who experience pregnancy loss...
MGA shares business overview, directions at two-day conference
25 October 2021
Adelaide-based MGA Insurance Group held its brokers assistants conference last week over two days in a hybrid format, with MD Paul George opening proceedings with an overview of the business and plans for the future...
Swiss Re risk engineer wins Aon scholarship
25 October 2021
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance says Swiss Re engineer Adi Mehta submitted the winning essay for this year’s Aon Scholarship...
Wotton + Kearney expands property, construction, energy team
25 October 2021
Insurance specialist law firm Wotton + Kearney has made four new appointments to its Property, Construction and Energy team, having announced two partner promotions to the division in June...
AILA presents life memberships, law prize
25 October 2021
The Australian Insurance Law Association has honoured two former directors with life memberships and awarded its Insurance Law Prize to Thomson Geer Partner Stanley Drummond...
Aon Insights seminar talks cyber, climate challenges
18 October 2021
Broker Aon’s annual Insights Series Pacific starts tomorrow, featuring more than 25 speakers who will discuss key challenges facing businesses such as cyber security and climate change...
Registration opens for ARPC terrorism risk webinar
18 October 2021
The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation will hold its annual Terrorism Risk and Insurance webinar on November 10...
Turks celebrates 40th birthday, launches new look
18 October 2021
Law firm Turks is celebrating 40 years of business, marking the milestone with a new-look brand and logo which now abbreviates TurksLegal to Turks...
Manheim names national account manager
18 October 2021
Vehicle auctioneer Manheim has appointed Jess Sherlock as National Account Manager in its Australia and New Zealand Salvage division...
Liberty's Linh Nguyen wins Young Insurance Marketer award
18 October 2021
Liberty Specialty Markets‘ Linh Nguyen has been named this year’s Young Insurance Marketer of the Year...
ANZIIF names Donna Walker award winners
11 October 2021
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has named the winners of the Donna Walker Awards...
Risk Frontiers webinars to examine climate impacts
11 October 2021
A Risk Frontiers webinar series will begin on Wednesday with a focus on science and decision-making in a warming world...